The boys took up their racquets, ready for the fray

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The boys took up their racquets, ready for the fray

Walter Crane (1845-1915)

Price

£3,500

Signed

Signed with monogram

Medium

Ink and watercolour

Dimensions

8 ½ x 6 ¼ inches

Provenance

Arthur Kelly, and by descent

Illustrated

Arthur Kelly, The Rosebud and Other Tales, London: T Fisher Unwin, 1909, facing page 52, 'The Lawn Tennis Ball'

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1837-2011', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2011-January 2012, no 17;
'Ruskin's Artists', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, February- March 2019;
'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1791-2024', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2024-January 2025, no 20

Mounted

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